• July 28, 2003 | Legal Times

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  • April 30, 2003 | The Recorder

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  • Louboutin v. Yves Saint Laurent America Holding Inc., 11-3303-cv

    Publication Date: 2012-09-07
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Cabranes, Straub, and Livingston, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellants Christian Louboutin S.A., Christian Louboutin, L.L.C., Christian Louboutin: Harley I. Lewin (Lee Carl Bromberg and Charles D. Ray, on the brief), McCarter & English, LLP, New York, NY, Boston, MA, Hartford, CT.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees Yves Saint Laurent America Holding, Inc., Yves Saint Laurent S.A.S., and Yves Saint Laurent America, Inc., and Defendants-Appellees Yves Saint Laurent, (an unincorporated association), John Does, A to Z, (Unidentified), Jane Does, A to Z, (Unidentified), XYZ Companies, (Unidentified): David H. Bernstein (Jyotin Hamid and Rayna S. Feldman, on the brief), Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY. For amicus curiae International Trademark Association, in support of Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellants: Janet L. Cullum (John W. Crittenden, Cooley LLP, San Francisco, CA, and Susan J. Hightower, Pirkey Barber LLP, Austin, TX, on the brief), Cooley LLP, New York, NY. For amici curiae Tiffany (NJ) LLC and Tiffany & Co., in support of Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellants: Richard Z. Lehv (Jason D. Jones on the brief), Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C., New York, NY. On the brief, for amici curiae Professors of Law in Trademark and Related Fields, in support of Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees: Rebecca Tushnet, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.

    Case Number: 11-3303-cv

    Cite as: Louboutin v. Yves Saint Laurent America Holding, Inc., 11-3303-cv, NYLJ 1202570365421, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided September 5, 2012)Before: Cabranes

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  • July 10, 2003 | The Recorder

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  • December 17, 2007 | The Recorder

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  • January 29, 2009 | The Recorder

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  • September 10, 2007 | The Recorder

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  • September 30, 2002 | Legal Times

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